title: Summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis in southern Africa. A report of 5 cases in one family.
abstract: Five patients, from a family of 8 who all lived in the same house, developed chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The 4 patients followed up showed features strikingly similar to summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis, previously thought unique to Japan. The clinical setting and limited immunological investigations suggest the cause to be a bacterial or fungal growth in the roof of the house.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Mdantsane, Ciskei.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Swingler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012621:Seasons; D014797:Vital Capacity
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone